6 startups selected for Telenor’s Velocity Cohort 3

6 startups selected for Telenor’s Velocity Cohort 3

The third cohort of Telenor’s famed startup accelerator program ‘Velocity’ officially kicked off on Aug 21 at the company’s Islamabad headquarters with 12 shortlisted startups pitching their products to the panel of judges.

Jeffery Paine, an international entrepreneur and venture capitalist also attended the event as a judge. He is a General Partner at Golden Gate Ventures Singapore, and a director of The Founder Institute since 2010, a company that has successfully graduated 60 startups.

After an overwhelming response of applications for Velocity Cohort 3, 12 startups were shortlisted to pitch in front of a panel of judges to secure their spot in the top 6. After careful scrutiny, the judges finally selected the best 6 startups.

The final 6

The top 6 startups which qualified for Telenor Velocity’s third Cohort include the following. All these startups were selected on the basis of their unique business model, strong team base and inventive working model.

An online lawyers market place providing online legal consultancy services, which are currently not available in Pakistan, to the general public; overseas Pakistanis; and the corporate sector. Qanoon online provides simplicity of finding the best lawyers in the country, according to their law practices and carefully designed Practice Management System for Lawyers, Law Firms and Courts.

SalesExpo is a unique platform where customers can explore all the available sales/deals available in market; primarily related to ready-made wear. Currently, it is a web based application that publishes the deals/sales related information, by fetching data via web-scrapping technique.

“The world is rapidly moving into the digital space, Telenor has undertaken many ventures and now with Velocity, we intend to support startups which have the potential to strengthen the digital revolution in Pakistan.”

Sawaira Sial

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